Puzzles

[Neha]

Dear Sakhis,

I am organizing a quiz and I will present some puzzles. Puzzles will be simple and logical, not much arithmetic calculation or special knowledge is required to solve them. Who ever will solve the puzzle and give correct answer will get NS points :)
Sakhis.. get geared ...put on your hat.. be ready to scratch your gray cells :)

Here is the first puzzle and winner will get 2 NS points.

There are three switches. Each corresponds to one of the three light bulbs in the room. You can turn the switches on and off and leave them in any position.
How would you identify which switch corresponds to which light bulb, if you can enter in the room only once?

[bhawnashah11]

Switch on the first switch for a 3-4 sec it will warm up and then switch off and then switch on the second switch and enter the room.
The buld which is warm and off is the connected to the first switch and you already switched on second switch and the third switch is for the bulb which is not warm.

[Neha]

Kya baat hai Bhawna.. maan gaye aapki parkhi nazar aur tej dhar dimag dono ko :)

you have won 2 ns points

http://www.goodlightscraps.com/content/congrats/congrats_2.gif

[Neha]

Here is the next Puzzle..Answer this and won 1 NS points.

Puzzle 2 : A frog is at the bottom of a well and wants to get out. He manages to crawl up the wall 3 feet each day, but at night he must rest ( after all that work during the day ) and so he slips back down 2 feet. If the well is 30 feet deep, How long will it take him to get out?

[sunidi12]

It will take 30 days. One feet each day.

[nikita]

28 days since he will be out of well and cannot come down.

[tulsi34]

27 days to reach up.

[neelasri]

most probable answer is 27, 28 or 29
I would go for 29.

[Neha]

Congrates Nikita.. you got it :)

This is for you

http://www.goodlightscraps.com/content/teddy-bear/teddy-bear-1.jpg

[Neha]

Here is the asnwer to previous quiz with explaination

28 days.....the Frog averages 1 foot each day, so after 27 days he has reached 27 feet. On the 28th day he goes up 3 feet during the day, but since he is now at 30 feet and out of the well he no longer slips back 2 feet :)

[Neha]

Puzzle 3 (of 2 NS points) :

You have to get the answer "24" by using the numbers 8,8,3,3 only. you can use the main symbols i.e. X, +,-, / .

[bhawnashah11]

Can we use these number as many times we can or we have to use these number only once.

[bhawnashah11]

If there is no restriction on number of use of 8,8,3,3 then this is the result

8+8+(3*3)-(3/3)=24

[Neha]

If there is no restriction on number of use of 8,8,3,3 then this is the result

8+8+(3*3)-(3/3)=24

Dear,
You have to use this numbers only or in other way, you can use 8 two times and 3 two times only not more than that.

[bhawnashah11]

Ans -
8/(3-(8/3))
= 8/(1/3)
= 24

[Neha]

Kudos.. Dear
Kya baat hai.. In your school days..you must have been fav student of your Maths teacher..

http://www.goodlightscraps.com/content/teddy-bear/teddy-bear-4.jpg

[Neha]

Now here is tricky and easy one Riddle..(1 NS point)


Puzzle 4 : What goes up and down but doesn't move?

[bhawnashah11]

Ans -sensex

[sabmeh]

Stairs
temperature

[shaila45]

Neha, very intresting quiz

[Neha]

Submeh is right.. correct answer is 'Stairs' which goes up and down but doesnt move.

Congrates Submeh..you have won 1 NS point :)

[Neha]

Here is next puzzle of 1 NS point..

Puzzle 5 : There is person who collects cigar butts, can make a cigar to smoke out of every 5 butts that he finds. one day , he has collected 25 cigar butts. How many cigars will he be able to smoke?

[tulsi34]

6 cigars he can smoke.

[Neha]

6 cigars he can smoke.

our Maths teacher..dear Tulsi is right :)

[Neha]

This is a riddle actually :)
Puzzle 6 : A Man works on the 10th floor and always takes the elevator down to ground level at the end of the day.
Yet every morning he only takes the elevator to the 7th floor and walks up the stairs to the 10th floor, even when is in a hurry. Why ?

[tulsi34]

Toilet is on the seventh floor. Hehehe.

[suchetamuni]

Neha, he is too short to reach 10 button.

[Neha]

Toilet is on the seventh floor. Hehehe.

hahaha.. I am splitting in laugh..Nice attempt dear but this is not correct answer.

[Neha]

Neha, he is too short to reach 10 button.

Wow....
You got it.. Congrates Sucheta you have won 1 NS point :)
such such bolna khud ka dimag daudaya ya google devta ki sharan li ;)

[Neha]

My Sakhis are ver Smart and Intelligent..
Here is next Puzzle to solve

Puzzle 7 :A man is caught on the King's property. He is brought before the King to be punished.
The King says, "You must give me a statement. If it is true, you will be trampled by the wild buffalo . If it is false, you will be eaten by the lions."
But in the end, the King has to let the man go.
What was the man's statement?

[suva27]

I had similar type of question for my exams. I don't knowp the exact answer but will try.
The man says, I never speak the truth and I never lie

[Beena]

I always dont speak the truth but I never lie

[Neha]

Aaiyla... kya bol rahe ho dono..

If he neither speaks truth nor Lie..then what he speak ??? http://im-smiley.com/imgs/big-animated/eyes.gif
OK here is the clue..
Read the puzzle twice carefully.. puzzle contains the text that Man will say.. ;)

[dr.jyoti gupta]

the man says:
i am going to be eaten by the lions.

[Neha]

http://im-smiley.com/imgs/big-animated/up.gifKya baat hai Madam ji.. maan gaye.. you have won 2 NS points :)

Explaination to this puzzle is :If you think about it carefully: the King can't say that it is true, because if it is then the man should be trampled by buffalo. But if he is trampled by buffalo, then his statement would be false, and so should have been .
So the King can't tell if it is a lie or truth, so decides to just let him go.

[tulsi34]

Neha, lovely puzzle and special Congrates to dr. Jyoti for solving difficult one.

[dr.jyoti gupta]

very funny neha!i enjoyed it and went back to read it twice.

[meera]

This is interesting puzzle. Sakhis were thinking computer logic and Jyoti just read the puzzle carefully.

[Neha]

ohh that was difficult one.. so now here is an easy one..

Puzzle 8 :What belongs to you, but is mostly used by others ???

[Beena]

Is it thoughts.

[sakshi]

Neha it is my Name
Google devata ki Jai ho.

[Neha]

http://im-smiley.com/imgs/big-animated/super.gif
Kya baat hai... Google devta ka naam liya hia to answer sahi hi hona hai :)

[Neha]

Here is next puzzle of 2 NS points..

Puzzle 9 : While driving through, one day Pranati saw a farmer tending his cows and ducks in his duckyard. She was curious to know how many each he had . She stopped by and inquired.
The farmer replied 'I have altogether 60 eyes and 86 feet between them'. She drove off trying to calculate in mind the exact number of cows and ducks he had. What do you think answer is ???

[pranati]

My question is duckward mein cows bhi rehte hein kya???

[Neha]

My question is duckward mein cows bhi rehte hein kya???

Koi bat nahi ji.. use Cowyard samajh lo..ab to thik hai ???
Cowyard mai to ducks aa sakti hai na??

aap to question ka answer do..jo aapne dimag mia calculate kara hia :D

[bhawnashah11]

Good Question Neha.
Let me explain this tricky question
Let the cow be = x
Let the duck be =y
Adding Cows and ducks will get total no of eyes

x+y=60 eyes
x+y=60/2=30 animals
x+y=30-----------1

Cow has 4 legs and Duck has 2 legs and we have 86 feet.
4*x+2*y=86
4x+2y=86
2(2x+y)=86
2x+y=43---------------2

Subtract eq. 1 from eq. 2
x=13
13+y=30
y=17

So there are 13 cows and 17 ducks.

[pranati]

Neha I was just pulling your leg and you know I am very poor in maths and puzzles too. I use to get fever on the day of maths in my school. So just trying to pull your leg. Right now I am going through Bhawana's answer.

[Neha]

I know dear, thats why I used your name. hahahahaha :)

[Neha]

Bhawna you are ture friend dear... humari Pranati bacchi ka maths kamjor hia n accha hua aapne bacha liya.

I was right when I said you must be fav student of your maths teacher. Kya explainatory answer diya hai.. bilkul step by step. You will get 100/100 from our Tulsi Mam too.
:D

[dr.jyoti gupta]

he bhagawaan!!yeh ns mein kya ho rahaa hai?????????????????????????????

Good Question Neha.
Let me explain this tricky question
Let the cow be = x
Let the duck be =y
Adding Cows and ducks will get total no of eyes

x+y=60 eyes
x+y=60/2=30 animals
x+y=30-----------1

Cow has 4 legs and Duck has 2 legs and we have 86 feet.
4*x+2*y=86
4x+2y=86
2(2x+y)=86
2x+y=43---------------2

Subtract eq. 1 from eq. 2
x=13
13+y=30
y=17

So there are 13 cows and 17 ducks.

[bhawnashah11]

Jyoti di I was laughing a loud.

Neha ...apart from this puzzle we all are enjoying the commentary. ha ha ha

[Neha]

Jyoti di I was laughing a loud.

Neha ...apart from this puzzle we all are enjoying the commentary. ha ha ha

Bhawna,

Even I am enjoying all this.. yaar I changed the puzzle and introduced character so that 'Google' devta fail ho jaye.. lekin you are champ
ab mujhe ye sochna pad raha hai ki kidhar se laau puzzle jo aap logo ko puzzled kar de :)

[Neha]

OK... I scratched my brain and got this..
actually this puzzle was asked in one of my fren's Job interview.. Let see how os gonna crack it

Puzzle 10 : You have 2 ropes and 1 match box. Each of the rope takes 1 hour to burn totally. You got a task, you have to measure the 45 mins using only these 2 ropes (you can use match box to burn the ropes).
Assumption : Ropes are uniform and will burn uniformly.

[sunidi12]

Wind the ropes to each other and burn them.

[sunidi12]

Bhawana, Congrates for solving the puzzle without blessings from Google devata.
Neha, Jyoti, Pranati, and Bhawana your commentry is very interesting.

[patelmanda4]

Neha, I need one rope to measure 45 minutes. Fold the rope 4 times. Mark when you make 3 folds. Burn 3/4 rope which will take 45 minutes.

[neetu]

To measure 45 minutes, ignite both ends of one rope and one end of the other rope. When the first rope disappears, ignite the remaining end of the second. When the second disappears, 45 minutes have elapsed since the start.
My pati dev helped me. Neha, answer may be correct or wrong but me and my hubby had something intelligent to discuss otehr than grocery list, daughters schol, teachers.

[Neha]

Neha, I need one rope to measure 45 minutes. Fold the rope 4 times. Mark when you make 3 folds. Burn 3/4 rope which will take 45 minutes.

Good Thought dear patelManda but how you will mark it ???? http://yoursmiles.org/bsmile/sad/b0418.gif

[Neha]

To measure 45 minutes, ignite both ends of one rope and one end of the other rope. When the first rope disappears, ignite the remaining end of the second. When the second disappears, 45 minutes have elapsed since the start.
My pati dev helped me. Neha, answer may be correct or wrong but me and my hubby had something intelligent to discuss otehr than grocery list, daughters schol, teachers.

Neetu you are absolutely right .. hats off to you and your hubby :)
waah kya dimag paya hai yar.. maine to socha tha this puzzle will keep you sakhis occupied for next 2-3 days..but :(
chalo bhai Neha..ab phir se puzzle hunt pe niklo

[Neha]

Hurrey.. I found one more puzzle
Sakhis.. mai itni jaldi haar nahi maan ne wali..lets see kisme kitna hai Dumm :D

Puzzle 11 : One of my friend 'Swapna' works in a post office and sells stamps. One day 'Bhawna' walked in and kept seventy paisa on the counter and requested 'Please give me some 2 paisa stamps, six times as many as one paisa stamps and for the rest of the amount give me 5 paisa stamps'.
The bewildered Swapna thought for few moments and finally she handed over the exact fullfillment of the order with Smile. How would you have handled the situation ???

[sakshi]

I read in this thread that Pranati is not a math person so are you sure she gave correct stamps. Lol
I will come back with the answer.

[sakshi]

Here is my answer

5 two paisa stamps, 30 one paisa stamps and 7 five paisa stamps.

I did not taek 5 hours to think but did not have access to computer for 5 hours.

[sharonfern1]

You Indians are smart in maths. I think I can never get this. Kudo gals.

[Neha]

Here is my answer

5 two paisa stamps, 30 one paisa stamps and 7 five paisa stamps.

I did not taek 5 hours to think but did not have access to computer for 5 hours.

Your are right dear.. but we would like to know how did you derived it ??? just by hit and trial or by making equations or Google devta ki sharan li :)

I am splitting at your '5 hrs' explaination hahahahaha

[Neha]

Sakhis.. This is the seconds last puzzle. Till now you gals are rocking, there is not a single puzzle which left unsolved. Let's see this trend continues or not :)
I am trying my best, to greese your gray cells. Hehehehe

Puzzle 12 : You have to make largest possible number. Constraint is you can use only 2 numbers, no other mathematical symbol is allowed.

[sakshi]

Neha, it is getting tough day by day. Is it 99?

[Neha]

kya baat hai Sakhiyon...abhi tak kisi ne bhi sahi reply nahi kara...
haar man li kya..? Chudi chada dun ;)

Yes yes yes !... This time I will Win :D

[poornima]

Is it largest 2 digit number with any 2 numbers?

[sakshi]

Is it 9 to the power of 9

[devika235]

neha, can we repeat the digits?
A number can be of how many digits?

[Neha]

neha, can we repeat the digits?
A number can be of how many digits?

Yes Devika, you can repeat the Digits.. but sorry Sakshi has given the right answer.

Dont worry there is still last puzzle to go. Best of luck :)

[Neha]

Is it 9 to the power of 9

Bilkul sahi javab Sakshi dear..
So this time you took 2 days to calculate ??? hahaha just kidding :)

[Neha]

Now here is the last puzzle..let see who takes the crown this time.

Puzzle 13 :Bacteria is known to multiply very rapidly.
A certain container contains just one bacteria on the first day and there are twice as many on the next day. In this manner the number of bacteria in the container doubles itself everyday. Assuming that the container would be full of bacteria on the 10th day. On which day the container would be half full ?

[sakshi]

On the ninth day bottle was half.
I read, I thought for only two minutes. Do I get extra point for not taking five hours to think lol

[poornima]

Sakshi is right. its on ninth day.

[Neha]

Cool... you gals Rocks.. I am proud to be among such intelligent and Witty women . Sakshi you are right dear.. and this was last puzzle of this thread. Here is the list of Winners with their respective points.

Bhawna – 2+2+2 = 6 http://im-smiley.com/imgs/celebrate/celebrate017.gif
Nikita – 1 http://im-smiley.com/imgs/celebrate/celebrate014.gif
Submeh- 1 http://im-smiley.com/imgs/celebrate/celebrate000.gif
Sucheta – 1 http://im-smiley.com/imgs/celebrate/celebrate009.gif
Tulsi – 1 http://im-smiley.com/imgs/celebrate/celebrate002.gif

list continues...

[Neha]

Jyoti Madam – 2 http://im-smiley.com/imgs/celebrate/celebrate014.gif
Sakshi – 1+2+2+1= 6http://im-smiley.com/imgs/celebrate/celebrate017.gif
Neetu – 2 http://im-smiley.com/imgs/celebrate/celebrate005.gif

Please join me in congratulating all sakhis..and our joint winners Bhawna and Sakshi will be throwing party soon for all of us :)
http://im-smiley.com/imgs/big-animated/smiley_1.gif

[sakshi]

Congrates to all winners. Neha, thanks .

[meena]

Congrates to all sakhis. Neha, you have conducted the quiz very well.

[meera]

Congratulations to all winners.
Neha, well conducted quiz.

[Neha]

Thank you Meena and Meera :)

[nalini]

Neha, your puzzles are good brain food but enjoyed the conversation in the puzzles.